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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 25 Jun 2009, 12:31 ] |
| Post subject: | F 22 vs F/A 18 |
From a legitimate \"friend of a friend\" string: \"Jack wrote: Fortunately the F-22's are on our side....jack at least until Obama cancels them as he's proposed. Mugs Subject: F 22 vs F/A 18 Just received this from a friend who's Cuz flies a F22 and is TDY in the Pacific with the Jet at this time. I have sanitized and modified the email to protect the innocent. (btw, this group has been operational out of Alaska for a while.) Onward and Upward Cheers HOG-20th FW Rick Things continue to be busy here. We get up early and go the the gym, study and/or fly all day, golf late afternoon till dark or go to the gym again, drink scotch and cook out burgers and steaks till late at night, and then start all over. Every saturday morning early we get up early and go scuba diving all day and most of sunday. It is really exhausting... and I am not kidding. Yesterday, we launched 4 F-22s to go fight the Navy. The USS Washington just sailed in and they had 4 experience Hornet guys who wanted to fight. We split up at 4 corners and each F-22 met and fought a F-18. We flew at each other, beak to beak, at 18,000' and 430kts... a neutral merge, energy wise. To this point, my only 1v1 has been an F-22 vs F-22. This fight with the Hornets was so one sided it was not even sporting. We merged, I planted the stick, plugged in the burners and carved a flight path so tight in behind this guy, he had no idea what to do... except dive for the floor. I had him under the pipper, ripped the throttles to idle, and gunned him in seconds. Next set I had him at start at 6000 feet behind me, clearly at an advantage. Seconds after the start of the fight, I spit him out front after a high G turn and then a high AOA reversal maneuver. Seconds after that I gunned him again. During the climb back to altitude to start the fight again I recall getting frustrated at his inability to keep up with me even as my throttles were below midrange and I was actually using more gas having to climb that slow. They were absolutely astonished at the F-22 performance. Hopefully we will get to fight next week. They invited a few guys out to the carrier on the C-2 \"COD\" today. They did the trap, had about 30 minutes to glad hand and talk to the Hornet pilots and then cat-shot back here. Anyway, things are going well here. more to follow\" |
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| Author: | HogDog [ 26 Jun 2009, 01:22 ] |
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....geez |
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